Eddie Hearn plans to make Dave Allen vs Deontay Wilder fight
Dave Allen vs Deontay Wilder could happen this year
Matchroom Boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, has stated that he is interested in making a heavyweight fight between Dave Allen (24-7-2, 19 KOs) and Deontay Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs), after he heard the American's manager was interested in matching them up.
"I've heard that Shelley Finkel likes the Dave Allen fight for Deontay Wilder," 46-year-old Hearn revealed. "If Dave Allen wins in September, I'm going to do everything I can to maker Wilder-Allen.
"How big is that fight though? You know that fight sells out the O2, Manchester Arena... all of those, and some.
"Dave Allen is my new little project, I want to make Dave Allen so much money that at the end of it all he just can't stop laughing. Go on a little journey with us, just come join the dream."
Dave Allen's next fight is being planned for Sheffield in September. The 33-year-old from Conisbrough is set to headline a Sheffield show in September against an opponent yet to be confirmed.
"The White Rhino" was last in action in May, defeating rising prospect Johnny Fisher in five rounds in London. Their first fight in the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, last year ended in a controversial draw, when most spectators had the underdog Allen winning after scoring a knockdown in round five.
In the rematch, there was another knockdown in the fifth round, but this time Allen finished the fight off in clinical fashion to inflict the first defeat of Fisher's career and lift his first-ever title, the WBA Inter-Continental.
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Former long-reigning WBC world heavyweight champion Wilder is ready for his 49th professional fight on Friday, June 27.
The 39-year-old “Bronze Bomber” will face Tyrrell Anthony Herndon (24-5, 15 KOs) at the Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas, on a Global Combat Collective event, titled ‘Legacy Reloaded’, broadcast live on BLK Prime.
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The Alabaman believes that he is back to his best after corrective surgery on his shoulder, “My mind is back, my spirit is back. Physically, I’m back. Now I’m injury-free. I was in pain 24 hours a day, but I still tried to have a regular lifestyle.
“I’ve had two shoulder surgeries. It had been difficult for me in previous fights to continue with the injury. At least the last three or four years of my career, I had to do what I had to do. You know, I still had to go out and do what I wanted to do.
“I could have sat around for years trying to heal this shoulder. And anyone who knows anything about a shoulder injury knows that it’s one of the longest recoveries. And every time I raised my arm or threw my right hand, my arm and shoulder hurt.”
